No do-overs

Several things have occurred lately that brought to mind an old adage:

"You cannot re-write history, but you can make it right."

I've always regarded the statement as an indictment of revisionists who seem hell bent on demonizing historic icons and reframing episodes in our past to suit their own peculiar political perspectives.

And, I still feel that indictment sticks.

But, I have come to appreciate the second half of the statement as more important.

You CAN make things right, even if it's decades or centuries after a wrong occurred.  Justice delayed is still justice.